Sound Thinking
MUSIC IS MEANT to be shared with friends. Of course, that's why the original Napster was shut down. But there's a way to share music that the man hasn't figured out how to stop (yet): playing it out loud. Which is what rocks about Samsung's K5, an MP3 player with slide-out speakers mounted on its back. Available in two- and four-gigabyte flavors ($210 and $260, samsung.com), it has a bright OLED screen, sleek buttonless touch-pad controls, an FM tuner and support for music subscription services. Plus it doubles as a travel alarm clock that wakes you with your favorite tunes.